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CSA Fruit Share BEGINS LAST WEEK OF AUGUST-SIGN UP NOW We are offering fruit shares for nine weeks starting the las week of august 2011. The season opens with half-peck bags of tree-ripened peaches and continues with a different variety of our freshest-picked apples. Past apple selections have included Japanese Sansa, Gala, Honey Crisp, Ginger Gold, Macoun, [...] Peacham Farmers market opens May 26th. Summer is on its way! In celebration, the Peacham Farmers Market will open for the 2011 season on Thursday, May 26 at 3 pm. The market is sited on the historic Academy Green, in the heart of the village of Peacham, Vermont. This year’s Market will be as much a weekly [...] Help us create a great local community resource for the upper White River Valley! We are searching for ALL the farms and local food sources in the upper White River Valley* to put into a FREE “Locally Grown Guide.” You can help by identifying anyone you know (including yourself!!) who fits these categories: Farms (who want to [...] By HOWARD WEISS-TISMAN/Reformer Staff Monday May 9, 2011 BRATTLEBORO–More than 80 people from three states attended the second annual Farm to School Conference, Thursday, on the World Learning campus in Brattleboro. The conference, which was hosted by the Windham County Farm to School Program of Post Oil Solutions, offered a full day of workshops and seminars to encourage [...] Barre, VT — A breath of fresh air, exercise, and a harvest for Vermonters in need: all results of a day in the fields gleaning with the Vermont Foodbank. Gleaning is the age old practice of salvaging what is left after the harvest, or in today’s terms harvesting produce that is otherwise unmarketable. The Vermont Foodbank [...] MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Back by popular demand, the Second Annual 2011 Windham Farm Chef Workshop is set for Thursday, August 25 from 9am to 1:30pm. Farmers invited for lunch (12-1:30) More than 20 food services directors and kitchen managers from schools and hospitals in the Windham County area will gather to connect with network farmers and to [...] Opportunity to get Organic and GAPs certification in just one visit! Vermont Organic Farmers (VOF) is working with the USDA on a pilot project for certified organic growers interested in pursuing GAPS certification for the 2011 growing season. The project involves using organic inspectors to do the GAPS certification inspection and the organic certification inspection on [...] If you have not gone through the Farm Viability Enhancement Program, I’d urge you to consider it for help with business planning. All you need to qualify for one year’s worth of free business planning assistance is to own or rent Vermont farmland, at least 3 years experience managing or working on a farm, and to [...] Sustainability means Slowing Down: The first Slow Living Summit Downtown Brattleboro, VT June 1-3 A gathering of diverse movements toward local and regional sustainability from New England and beyond, the Slow Living Summit will be an intensive two-and-a-half day exploration of ways to build healthy, thriving local economies while encouraging, mentoring and supporting a new generation of activists, [...] THE WAY OF THE PLANTS – May 7 & 8, Thetford VT |
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